Hi, there were lots of arcades in the early to mid 90s as well.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] street fighter IV was Re: final fight arcadeemulation > hi Liam, > yeah, I know. it is shocking to realize that arcade machines is almost a > thing of the past. I do see them around from time to time, but not like > they were in the 80's. > Back in the 1980's in Wooster Ohio, where I grew up, we had two video > arcades packed wall to wall with arcade machines. I played most of the > classics there first. Double Dragon, Asteroids, Zaxxon, Packman, > Megaman, you name it. If it was in those arcades I played them and > talked my parents into buying many of those games for my home consoles. > Fact was in the 80's you didn't even have to go to an arcade to find > arcade machines. You might go to Pizza Hut and find a sit down version > of Packman or go out to pick up a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, and a > bag of dog food from the local grocery store and find Donkey Kong > awaiting you as you went in or out of the store. You might drop into > K-Mart or Hills to go Christmas shopping and find the front of the store > had a row of stand up arcade machines just waiting to take you to new > and exciting worlds. Point being, the things were everywhere. Now, they > are an endangered species. > > > Liam Erven wrote: >> what's amazing to me, is there will eventually be a whole generation of >> people who have never seen arcade machines, as honestly they're hard to >> find >> now adays. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
